CVE-2026-9648
What it is
The crypton-x509-validation Haskell library fails to enforce X.509 NameConstraints, allowing TLS clients to accept certificates whose Subject Alternative Names fall outside the issuing CA’s permitted subtrees. This oversight enables an attacker who compromises a name-constrained sub-CA to impersonate domains beyond its intended scope.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/332
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30/changes/f4b77edf6ead77f4a886da40e41eab20f0180e39
References
- https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/332
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30/changes/f4b77edf6ead77f4a886da40e41eab20f0180e39
- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/crypton-x509-validation-1.9.1/revisions/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862559